After working diligently for 10 years to build an airstrip, the people of Tibul in Papua, Indonesia, welcomed the first MAF airplane to land at their village. The new airstrip means that Tibul and 15 to 20 surrounding villages will now have access to education, medical care, and discipleship.
Until now the nearest airstrip was three […]
UPDATE: Kees reports that both boys, Yonas and Ipes, have recovered and are doing well. Thank you for your prayers!
Routine flights make a lifesaving difference around the world
On this particular day, Kees filled his aircraft with six patients from three different villages. Their symptoms varied, from a broken arm to severe malnutrition. Yona was in the most […]
An MAF Pilot Recounts God’s Providence
When asked about a medical evacuation flight he conducted several years ago for a young girl named Dorcas, MAF pilot Rod Hochstetler reflected on the events of that day—and God’s intervention. This is a follow-up to a May FlightWatch story, which you can read here.
“I actually remember quite a […]
After a full day of flying, MAF Pilot Brian Marx had to get medicine to a village—without landing!
Brian Marx is an MAF pilot in Papua, Indonesia. Like most MAF pilots, many of his days are filled with flights that range from taking missionaries into remote jungles, to transporting critically-injured patients, to flying supplies and personnel […]
How MAF helped save a young girl’s life
For Mission Aviation Fellowship pilot Kevin Borror, patience isn’t just a virtue––it’s a decision that forever changed the course of one young girl’s life.
Maria was an orphan and a sponsored child through the Compassion International program. Borror received a request to pick her up and take her to […]
Looking back at a year of MAF serving the recovery effort in Nepal
Mansari was working along cliffs in Kashiguan, Nepal, gathering fodder to feed her animals when a rock that had been loosened during earlier earthquakes fell on her head. The 23-year-old fell 350m to the bottom of the cliff, where her parents found her […]